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India's Test series win in Australia will motivate women in England: Mithali Raj
Since her Test debut in 2002, women’s cricket stalwart Mithali Raj has played in all the Tests India has played in. Now, after seven years, the women's team will play a Test in England next month under Raj. It will be her 11th. The India team, whose only international engagement since the T20 World Cup final loss to Australia in 2020 was a limited-overs home series against South Africa, will also play ODI and T20 series in England. In a chat, the 38-year-old batter, who is also the ODI skipper, speaks on Indian women playing Test cricket again, the pink-ball Test scheduled in Australia (starts Sept 30) and Ramesh Powar’s return as coach after her clash with him had led to his exit the last time.
On their Test series in Australia, Mithali commented it would be historic for them to play a pink-ball Test. She said, "It will be historic. I was thrilled to know we got another Test, and then we've never played with pink-ball at night. It will add another dimension to women's cricket, and hopefully, this can continue. I never thought I would get to play the pink-ball Test. We have also not played much cricket at the Western Australia Cricket Association ground in Perth. We've seen a lot of men's and women's teams play pink-ball Tests. A new chapter will start for us. ”
